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The Palais des Papes and the cathedral, Avignon
AvignonThe Palais des Papes and the cathedral
Wat Xieng Thong temple, Luang Prabang
Luang PrabangWat Xieng Thong temple

Photos: Avignon by BlueBreezeWiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Luang Prabang by Basile Morin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Avignon or Luang Prabang?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Avignon for

  • day trips
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Avignon’s own page.

Choose Luang Prabang for

  • prices
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Luang Prabang’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Avignon 22, Luang Prabang 14: Avignon leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Avignon 57, Luang Prabang 42: Avignon leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Avignon 69, Luang Prabang 65: Avignon leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Avignon 30, Luang Prabang 8: Avignon leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Avignon 70, Luang Prabang 68: Avignon leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Avignon 92, Luang Prabang 35: Avignon leads by 57 points.
Good for families. Avignon 45, Luang Prabang 38: Avignon leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Avignon 62, Luang Prabang 50: Avignon leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Avignon and Luang Prabang are level on 38.
Affordability. Avignon 44, Luang Prabang 80: Luang Prabang leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Avignon 68, Luang Prabang 18: Avignon leads by 50 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Avignon 35, Luang Prabang 60: Luang Prabang leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Avignon and Luang Prabang.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Avignon
Best match
53match

Wins on day trips and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Luang Prabang
43match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Avignon in July

32 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
24 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Luang Prabang in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
250 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AvignonLuang Prabang

Where the figures come from

Avignon has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Avignon's sunshine is measured 65 km from the centre, at Marseille / Marignane.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Avignon: 2005-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Avignon / Morières-lès-Avignon (8.6 km from centre). Luang Prabang: 1991-2020 normals, Luang-Prabang (0.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAvignonLuang Prabang
Official languageFrenchLao
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Lao Kip (LAK)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzABCEF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112Police 191, ambulance 195, fire 190
Elevation10 m305 m
Main airportMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)65 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsLuang Phabang International Airport (LPQ)4 km from centre7 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureAvignonLuang Prabang
City population92,18853,792
People per km²1,420-
Museums within 10 km110
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km61

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.